The New Age of Protectionism – with Abraham Newman

Last week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned of an impending “coronavirus vaccine war” that pits the United Kingdom against Europe. Days earlier, the EU had introduced measures that would halt AstraZeneca vaccine shipments to countries such as the United Kingdom that refuse to export vaccines themselves. “Zero” doses will move across the English Channel until supplies increase or the United Kingdom changes its stance on vaccine exports, European Commissioner Thierry Breton has said, adding that there is “nothing to negotiate.”

The EU’s proposed export restrictions represent a sudden about-face for the bloc. Until recently, the European Commission,

Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman, “The New Age of Protectionism,” Foreign Affairs (online), April 4, 2021.

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